"General, should we take advantage of this to get out of seclusion and fight?" Yang Jian asked Yang Su who was standing aside.
At this time, more than half of the Jin army was crossing the river, and it was a good time to attack halfway across the river.
Under normal circumstances, "attacking halfway" is the best time to attack the enemy. When the enemy is halfway across the border, if you launch an attack on the enemy at this time, the enemy will not be connected from head to tail, and the ranks will be chaotic, and it will be easy to defeat the enemy.
Yang Su did not answer Yang Jian's question immediately. Instead, he stared closely at the Jin army crossing the river in the distance, with a look of struggle in his eyes.
As the head coach of the first army, Yang Su has to consider far more than others around him.
Now, although more than half of the Jin army is crossing the river, it is a good time to attack halfway across the river. However, the general of the Jin army, Yue Fei, still led 30,000 elite soldiers to form a formation on the river bank to cut off the rear of the army crossing the river. At this time, Yang Suruo was not sure of victory if he led the troops to attack.
Moreover, the enemy was now crossing the river so openly under their noses. Yang Su had to wonder if there was any other deep meaning in this.
But, now is indeed a great opportunity. If they can take this opportunity to defeat the Jin army, it will greatly ease the pressure faced by their Sui army in Yongzhou this time.
Even if they can seize the opportunity to defeat or even annihilate this Jin army, there is a high probability that they may change the situation of this war.
"General, the Jin thief Li Xiang is also here. Our army must capture the thief and capture the king!" Yang Jiao, brother Yang Jian, pointed to the position of a large flag and reminded.
If they can capture or kill Li Xiang, then when Li Xiang's son Li Yu is still young, the enemy may have huge problems within themselves.
By then, the Sui army would not only have solved this crisis, but they could also take advantage of the opportunity to expand, seize Sizhou with troops, and eye the land along the river, so as to become kings and hegemons.
In fact, Yang Su himself had already observed what Yang Jiao said. However, the greater the temptation, the more dark clouds shrouded Yang Su's heart. This made Yang Su feel an endless sense of crisis approaching him every time he wanted to order an attack.
After a long time, Yang Su exhaled a heavy breath, and then sighed helplessly, "No one is allowed to leave the seclusion without authorization. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
When all the generals heard this, they all looked at Yang Su in disbelief. How could they let go of such a good opportunity so easily!
Yang Su paid attention to the expressions of the generals, and felt even more helpless in his heart. He knew that it would be impossible not to give an explanation to the generals today. If he cannot give a satisfactory explanation to these generals, and once the generals are at odds, their chances of winning this battle will be even smaller.
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so how could Li Zifeng easily put himself in danger? There must be fraud involved!" Yang Su pointed outside Tongguan and explained to everyone.
"If we can capture the Jin thief Li Xiang, so what if we take the risk!" Although Yang Su's words made sense, Yang Jian still insisted, and Yang Jian's words also represented the consciousness of most generals present.
After all, the temptation to win a battle and capture a prince is not something that ordinary people can resist. Under this premise, so what if you take some risks? Is there any battle in this world where you can take no risks at all! What's more, when two armies fight, the more risks they take, the greater the benefits they will gain if they succeed.
"Our army cannot afford to lose!" Yang Su looked up to the sky and sighed heavily, the helplessness in his tone even greater.
Indeed, unless Yang Su and the others can capture Li Xiang himself, even if they win this battle, it does not mean that they have won the overall situation. After that, they still need to face the army led by Wang Meng, the army led by Su Lie, and the army led by Bai Qi.
But if they lose this battle and the Sui army loses these 50,000 elites, then what capital will the Sui army have to continue fighting this battle?
Even if the Sui army had sufficient strength, even the loss of tens of thousands of elites would not have an impact on the war situation. Then, there is no need for Yang Jian and other generals to say much, Yang Su himself will take the initiative to take the risk.
Therefore, Yang Su did not dare to take risks. He could not afford to lose, and neither could the Sui army.
"It seems that the Sui army will not leave seclusion. Let Cunxiao withdraw his troops!" Li Xiang ordered Yue Fei beside him.
Just as Yang Su thought, they had indeed set a trap here. As long as Yang Su dared to leave, Li Cunxiao could attack from behind and cut off the opponent's retreat. At that time, the enemy will have no way to escape.
Even, in order to ensure the success of the battle, General Li Xiang arranged for all the strongest generals to come over. The two top divine generals Xing Tian and Li Cunxiao, except Li Cunxiao, the remaining twelve Taibao, the peerless peak level Dian Wei, Lu Wenlong, Kua Fu, and the peerless level generals Wei Bi, Yang Dayan and other generals.
With the lineup sent by Li Xiang, even if Yang Jian was surrounded, it would be difficult for him to survive.
However, this Yang Su was worthy of being one of the most influential figures in the entire Sui Dynasty when it came to commanding troops, and he was able to resist the temptation and stay in seclusion.
"If you don't leave the seclusion, you won't get out of the seclusion!" Li Xiang sighed in his heart.
Even if Yang Su escaped this time, when the Jin army entered Chang'an through Pubanjin, Yang Su and the others would still be unable to escape.
Li Xiang's Jin army had just left, and Yang Su of Tongguan had already received an order from Yang Jian, asking him to leave Tongguan quickly and defend along the Wei River. As for Tongguan, it was only symbolic to send a general to lead 6,000 county soldiers to stay behind.
Yang Jian was not willing to give up Tongguan just like that. However, once Pubanjin was lost, Tongguan lost its greatest role and could no longer serve the purpose of resisting the Jin army. Now, if we want to protect Chang'an, we can only guard the south bank of the Wei River and block all the Jin troops in the northern part of the Wei River.
Yang Jian's order was issued, and all the Sui generals at Tongguan were in an uproar. They had worked hard to guard Tongguan for several months, but now it was not broken by the enemy, but was abandoned by themselves. How could they be willing to do so!
However, now that Yang Jian's order was issued, the generals at all levels in Tongguan had to obey the order obediently no matter how unwilling they were.
Moreover, most of these generals also knew very well that if they continued to stay in Tongguan, they would only be destroying themselves.
If they did not leave, the Jin army entering Guanzhong from Pubanjin would not even need to send troops to attack, and would only need to block the other side of Tongguan. By then, their entire Sui army would be trapped in the pass, unable to advance or retreat. If they wait until they run out of ammunition and food, they will have no choice but to be slaughtered by the enemy!
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